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Super disputes kept aside in Treasury review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... backs Treasury's call to retain a separate external dispute resolution body. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said the group welcomed Treasury's interim report of the financial system's external dispute resolution ...

Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... populated increasingly with smaller players." Peters' comments echo those of new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy, who warned at the 2016 ASFA Conference that the superannuation industry is "next on the menu" ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... system competitiveness and efficiency cannot be properly assessed," she said. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Dr Martin Fahy applauded ASIC for adopting a reasonable approach to compliance timelines, given the implementation ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... retirement income. The Commission's focus is on the whole system," MacRae said. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the proposed framework, saying it will be difficult for the Commission to draw meaningful conclusions ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... peril, according to Telesign chief executive Aled Miles. Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, Miles discussed the client analytics Telesign produces in addition to its primary function as a provider of two-step ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... outcomes are actually effective. Cbus chief executive, David Atkin, told the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference that Cbus will embed the RRI in to the fund as a core key performance indicator. "The score card will play into ...

PC to deliver Super 2.0: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... should deliver the "next generation of superannuation." Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference, Loane said she meant this both figuratively and literally; that the system needed to be updated to be competitive ...

Super funds lagging on group insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... "balancing the offering of insurance inside superannuation" in her speech at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference. She noted that there is a lot of confusion about how this part of the industry works, especially among ...

ASFA board changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has renewed its board of directors and announced three lifetime memberships. The board composition was revealed following ASFA's annual general meeting at the 2016 ASFA Conference on the Gold Coast. ...

Digital advice as commonplace as internet banking

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... strategy and innovation Jan Kolbusz. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference on the Gold Coast, Kolbusz said banks and super funds are uniquely placed to capitalise on digital advice, given ...